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QUALITY LEATHER IN RESPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

The company’s objective is to guarantee excellence in selection, manufacture and finishing of raw materials, while respecting deadlines and methods agreed on with the client. Conceria Montebello strives every day to develop a high-quality, all-Italian product, using environmentally friendly production processes.

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Creativity, innovation and sustainability are the guidelines behind every project. Constantly updated on the latest trends, the creative team helps to continually innovate ideas and stimulate technicians to experiment. Quality is regularly controlled with clients, both on its premises and after despatch. All products, whether standard or customised, are registered in the company’s database.

Production process

Conceria Montebello boasts the entire production chain from raw leather to the delivery of materials finished with the most innovative tanning techniques. The art of tanning has developed allowing the reuse of many resources and a lower environmental impact.Find out the different phases to create high quality and sustainable leathers.

ARRIVAL OF RAW LEATHERS

1. RAW MATERIALS

All the leathers treated in Conceria Montebello are European and certified. They are scraps of food industry.

2. WAREHOUSING

Fresh leathers are immediately processed at arrival. Salted leathers are stocked based on their origins and can be stored in the warehouse for a longer time.

QUALITY CONTROL

Raw material inspection: weight and typology of the leather are controlled.

LIMING

3. CHEMICAL OPERATIONS: SOAKING, UN-HAIRING AND LIMING

These processes take place by soaking the hides in particular wooden drums. A patented system allows the 70% of water recycling. After about 48 hours in the drums, the hides are hydrated, dehaired and clean.

4. MECHANICAL OPERATIONS

During this phase the leather is flashed and trimmed. The certified scraps are reused to produce fertilisers and animal gelatines.

5. SPLITTING

In the splitting phase, the hide is divided in grain and which are both tanned in-house. Conceria Montebello mainly splits internally the pelt for a better process control and an higher quality product.

TANNING

6. TANNING PHASE

The tanning process is made in drums and it takes about 24 hours. It blocks the leather organic decomposition. Conceria Montebello leathers are chromium tanned to level off the product and make it performable. The 97% of the chromium used during the tanning process, is fixed on the surface of the hide while the residual 3% is purified and reused in new processes.

7. PRESSING

The pressing phase is made in a roller machine which removes the exceeding water from the hides.

QUALITY CONTROL

Wet Blue selection

8. SHAVING

In the shaving phase, a layer of the leather is removed to obtain the required thickness.

QUALITY CONTROL

Wet Blue selection

RETANNING AND DYEING

9.RE-TANNING, DYEING AND FATLIQUORING OPERATIONS

These three processes take about 24 hours and are made in drums. In these phases the hide is dyed-through and achieves the required structure, grain and softness.

10. DRYING

The drying phase is different according to the product required.

Compact fibre and tight pore: pressing, vacuum seal, chain.

Loose fibre and open pore: toggled.

QUALITY CONTROL

Crust selection

FINISHING

​​​​​​11. FINISHING

The machineries for this processes are different according to the product required.

Coating machine: an high technology machinery which allows an uniform and covering finishing of the hide. It avoids chemical emissions reducing air pollution.

QUALITY CONTROL

Final selection: every hide is examined and classified according to different selections.

ANALISI E ISPEZIONI

12. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANALYSIS

Every batch is tested in the internal laboratory; the results are filed.

13. INSPECTION WITH THE CUSTOMER

It is possible to inspect the batch in-house before the delivery.

14. MEASURING

Each hide shows a stamp with its own measure, selection and batch number.

DELIVERY

15. PACKAGING AND DELIVERING

The hides are packed and delivered to the customers.

16. SALE OF LEATHER WORLDWIDE

GREEN ENERGY FOR LEATHER

Conceria Montebello is almost completely self-sufficient in terms of electricity consumption thanks to the combined use of a photovoltaic system, installed on the roof of the units, producing about 500,000 kW a year and a methane cogeneration system.

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Sustainable approach

The company’s sustainable approach is brought about by optimisation of resources and control of the entire production process. Implementation of a water-recycling system at the liming stage means water savings of 70%. Conceria Montebello has an in-house pre-treatment purification plant that, together with gas, water and electricity consumption, is computer monitored. The entire system is managed by the internal analysis laboratory, which, as well as its monitoring functions, also carries out continual studies and researches to reduce the environmental impact of the various production stages.

CONCERIA MONTEBELLO PAINTS A 4500 M2 FOREST

Consumption optimization and environmental impact reduction are an integral part of the daily work of Conceria Montebello. The company, in collaboration with Impro, is the first tannery to paint its walls with Airlite, a mineral inorganic paint with a special technology that reduces air pollution. A surface area of 100m2 covered with Airlite has the same NOx absorbing qualities as 100m2 of mature tree-covered forests. Thanks to this peculiar paint, Conceria Montebello turned into 4500 m2 forest which removes the pollution of 157.406,00 Euro 6 petrol cars per year. Airlite techno-savvy paint it’s 100% natural and can cut energy costs between 15% - 50% when applied on external walls by drastically reducing the solar heat absorbed by surfaces.

CERTIFICATIONS

The company adopts a strict integrated management system that controls all the processes linked to safeguarding the environment, and health and safety at work. The tannery holds important certifications, proof of less polluting production for sustainable development and optimisation of processes with a view to continual improvement of the quality it delivers and the wellbeing of its employees.

environment Certification ISO 14001:2015

Conceria Montebello invests heavily in ecological optimisation of its environmental and energy resources, and holds the Environmental Management System Certification, in compliance with ISO 14001:2015 standards. In this sense, attention to maintenance and improvement of infrastructures and purchase of state-of-the-art machines and systems are a determining factor.

GOLD RATED CERTIFICATION

Conceria Montebello is the first tannery in Italy to have had its Environmental Management System verified according to the LWG (Leather Working Group) protocol. Today, Conceria Montebello holds the prestigious Gold Rated qualification, proving its continual commitment to achieve increasingly higher quality standards and environmental performance.

1SO 9001:2015 CERTIFICAtion

In compliance with ISO 9001:2015 certification, the company carries out and controls its entire production cycle and markets its products under its own direct liability. Conceria Montebello enforces a strict quality management system for all its operational stages.

Compliance

CODE OF ETHICS

The fundamental values of Conceria Montebello are outlined in its Code of Ethics, the company’s deontological tool that aims to spread the principles and behaviour standards that guide company’s activity.

MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ORGANISATION MODEL

In line with the commitments declared and taken on with its Code of Ethics, Conceria Montebello has put in place a Management and Control organisation model compliant with Italian Legislative Decree 231 of 2001. Any violation or suspected violation of Model 231 and/or any other information regarding implementation of the Model can be notified to the Conceria Montebello S.p.A. Supervisory Body by email to odv@montebello-tannery.it or by post to: Organismo di Vigilanza della Conceria Montebello, Via Lungochiampo 123, 36054 Montebello Vicentino (VI).